Understanding Cyber Conflict

George Perkovich is Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of several books including the award-winning India's Nuclear Bomb. Ariel E. Levite is a nonresident senior associate in the Nuclear Policy Program and the Cyber Policy Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

IntroductionGeorge Perkovich and Ariel E. Levite I. What Are Cyber Weapons Like?1. Intelligence in Cyber-and Cyber in IntelligenceMichael Warner2. Nonlethal Weapons and Cyber Capabilities Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr. (USMC, Ret.), Michael Sulmeyer, and Ben Buchanan3. Cyber Weapons and Precision-Guided MunitionsJames M. Acton4. Cyber, Drones, and SecrecyDavid E. SangerII. What Might Cyber Wars Be Like?5. Cyber War and Information War a la RusseStephen Blank 6. An Ounce of (Virtual) Prevention?John Arquilla7. Crisis Instability and Preemption: The 1914 Railroad AnalogyFrancis J. Gavin8. Brits-Krieg: The Strategy of Economic WarfareNicholas A. Lambert9. Why a Digital Pearl Harbor Makes Sense ... and Is PossibleEmily O. Goldman and Michael Warner III. What Are Preventing and Managing Cyber Conflict Like?10. Cyber Threats, Nuclear Analogies? Divergent Trajectories in Adapting to New Dual-Use TechnologiesSteven E. Miller11. From Pearl Harbor to the "Harbor Lights"John Arquilla12. Active Cyber Defense: Applying Air Defense to the Cyber DomainDorothy E. Denning and Bradley J. Strawser13. "When the Urgency of Time and Circumstances Clearly Does Not Permit ...": Pre-delegation in Nuclear and Cyber ScenariosPeter Feaver and Kenneth Geers 14. Cybersecurity and the Age of PrivateeringFlorian EgloffConclusionsGeorge Perkovich and Ariel E. Levite List of ContributorsIndex